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Life-Altering Vending Machine of the Day: PepsiCo is set to launch a line of next generation social vending machines that will allow customers to connect with friends and gift them drinks with the push of a touchscreen button.
A press release explains:
Cooler still is the Random Acts of Refreshment feature, which allows customers to purchase drinks for strangers around the world. [A] consumer could send a symbol of encouragement someone in a city that has experienced challenging weather, or a congratulatory beverage to a student at a university that just won a championship, PepsiCo says.
Id like to buy the world a Pepsi?
[techland.]
